Former South Africa captain Graeme Smith has voiced his support for England red-ball coach and captain duo Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes, saying the pair were right to stick by their struggling batters in Pakistan.
In England's most recent Test series, they travelled to Pakistan and won the first Test on the back of a mammoth 823-7 in Multan, scored in response to Pakistan's 556.
But for the second Test, the hosts opted to re-use the same Multan wicket, drying it out to assist spin, and preparing similar spin-friendly conditions in Rawalpindi for the third Test. Both matches were won by Pakistan, as spinners Sajid Khan and Noman Ali accounted for 39 of the 40 England wickets to fall.
Despite the nature of the wickets, there was also much discussion over England's batting lineup, and whether their batters were suited to playing in different conditions to their familiar ones at home, often on flatter surfaces.
